Old steam engine draws interest in Front Royal visit
Norfolk and Western 611 Queen of Steam toured Manassas and joined a Virginia Museum of Transportation excursion along the Norfolk Southern line through western Prince William Fauquier and Warren counties. Local officials said siding space, infrastructure, and draw from towns would shape any further stops or events.
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Front Royal
Norfolk and Western
Virginia Museum of Transportation
Manassas
Norfolk- Southern
Prince William
Fauquier
Warren Counties
Linden
Riverton Junction
Niki Foster
Front Royal Warren County
Tve
Front Royal Community Development
Felicia Hart
Jim Stump
Stump
Norfolk-Southern
Greensboro
N.C
Roanoke
Front Royal Creates Official Internet Purchase Zone
Front Royal Police set up an internet purchase and exchange space in the parking lot at 23 E. Jackson St with two marked spaces and a police sign. Police say the zone offers a safe, supervised meeting place for residents buying or exchanging items online, though no local issues are reported.
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Front Royal
E. Jackson St
Front Royal Police
Robbie Seal
Seal
Steve Burke
Fauquier County
Endangered Kiwi Hatch at SCBI Marks Second This Month
A kiwi chick hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute on Remount Road on June 1, becoming the second such birth at the center in the past month. The hatch underscores SCBI's ongoing work in breeding endangered New Zealand flightless birds.
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Remount Road
Gazebo Flicks Summer Series Opens Tonight
Town Manager Steve Burke announced Gazebo Flicks will light the gazebo every Thursday at 8 15 p m from tonight through August 4 with a free movie. If rain occurs, shows move to the following Tuesday. Dates and films follow.
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Steve Burke
Warren County schools outline five year capital plan
The district's capital improvement plan prioritizes three projects in middle and elementary schools including a library floor repair at the middle school, a ramp at E Wilson Morrison Elementary, and a wheelchair lift at Bessie Jeffries Elementary. The plan estimates about 49 thousand dollars for the library fix and cites 445,500 dollars available for one-time capital projects in FY2017 with 200,000 from the current year budget for FY2018. The comprehensive long range plan, through 2021, covers eight categories and aims to recruit high quality teachers and expand technology toward a 1:1 student computer ratio while preventing bullying through staff and community training.
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E. Wilson Morrison
Bessie Jeffries
Melody Sheppard
Sheppard
Doug Rosen
Warren County Traffic Fatalities Rise This Week
CRASH spokeswoman Corinne Geller said the driver of the tractor trailer had no injuries. The crash is under Virginia State Police investigation by Trooper B S B Williams. Torres died in Warren County, the week’s fatality count. Earlier, Dennis Ralls, 68, of Front Royal, died from May 28 injuries at Virginia Avenue and West 8th Street. Nolan Best, 24, of Front Royal, died after a head on collision on Remount Road near Harmony Hollow Road on May 31.
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Virginia Department of Transportation
Board of Supervisors
Warren County
Code of Virginia
North Commerce Avenue
Front Royal
Virginia
Edinburg
Old Valley Pike
Suite 100
Corinne Geller
B.S.B. Williams
Geller
Torres
Dennis Ralls
Virginia Avenue
West 8Th Street
Nolan Best
Remount Road
Harmony Hollow Road
Collision at West 8th Street leaves driver dead
Officer Kev in Orndorff reported a stop sign collision at West 8th Street involving his patrol vehicle and an eastbound Ford sedan driven by Ralls. Air bags deployed. Ralls, unbelted, died at Winchester Medical Center after remaining in a coma. Georgewill wore a seat belt and was not injured. Reckless driving charged against Georgewill. further charges unlikely.
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West 8Th Street
Town Master
Kevin Orndorff
Ralls
Winchester Medical Center
Georgewill
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Woodstock
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S. Main Street
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